The book shares insight on how the names of our streets came to be from the 1870′s to 1999, it was published by the Vancouver Historical Society and is made available thanks to the Vancouver Public Library and their British Columbia City Directories.
http://vancouverisawesome.com/2014/09/11/free-download-of-the-book-street-names-of-vancouver-explaining-how-they-were-all-named/